Netafim says that “drip fertigation” increases yield in the Tarikere project Netafim India said on Thursday that farmers using ‘drip fertigation’ as part of the Tarikere Drip Irrigation Project Phase II in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, have seen their crops produce...
Syngenta, IIT Ropar displayed biodiversity sensor project at G20 meet Today, at the G20 Education Working Group meeting in Amritsar, Punjab, the big agrochemical company Syngenta and the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar (IIT Ropar) are showing off their biodiversity sensor project...
L&T Finance starts agri-commodity warehouse receipt financing in four states L&T Finance Limited (LTF), a non-banking finance company that is a subsidiary of L&T Finance Holdings Limited, has started a digitally-assisted loan facility against agri-commodities called warehouse...
National Mission on Natural Farming to promote natural farming The Centre has launched the National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) by making the Bharatiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati (BPKP) scheme bigger. This is to promote natural farming across the country. ‘The government...
Start-up firm pays salary to farmers to work on their farms Imagine a farmer who leases his farm to a private company and grows crops that the company wants. He gets a fixed salary of ₹15,000 a month and monthly bonuses of ₹3,000–₹4,000. This is how Growpital, an online platform for tech...
